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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Romans 16 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/romans/16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/romans/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Romans 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../romans/15.htm" title="Romans 15">◄</a> Romans 16 <a href="../1_corinthians/1.htm" title="1 Corinthians 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/romans/16.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Personal Greetings</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or deaconess">a</a></sup></span> of the church at Cenchreae, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek firstfruit">b</a></sup></span> to Christ in Asia. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Greet Andronicus and Junia,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Junias">c</a></sup></span> my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or messengers">d</a></sup></span> and they were in Christ before me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in the Lord who belong to the family of Narcissus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Greet those workers in the Lord, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother, who has been a mother to me as well. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or brothers and sisters; also verse 17">e</a></sup></span> who are with them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.</p> <p class="heading">Final Instructions and Greetings</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek their own belly">f</a></sup></span> and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts insert verse 24: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen">g</a></sup></span></p> <p class="heading">Doxology</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/16-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>deaconess</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Greek <i>firstfruit</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>Junias</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>messengers</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">brothers</span> and sisters</i>; also verse 17<br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Greek <i><span class="catch-word">their own</span> belly</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> Some manuscripts insert verse 24: <i>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 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